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Dava Shastri's Last Day
by Kirthana Ramisetti
Like everyone else that had said this, I will echo the idea that the cover looks like Rekha and yes that was one of the reasons I grabbed this book.
I was hoping Dava Shastri was this cool and collected and just effortless like Rekha. But the Dava I met, was a flawed and frail Dava at the end of her life, very much on the defensive. I didnt dislike the Dava I met, she was fine, but through her kids, I saw a lot of judgement for Dava that came through that I didnt like.
I hated that while the book was set in 2044, she was still defending and justifying her choices. Her choice to deal with an unwanted pregnancy in college the way she saw fit, her choice to put career over family and to succeed. Her choice even to do philantropy to further her brand. Why is she being judged constantly for these choices?
I was also irritated that Dava was supposed to be a typo and such a unique word with no meaning. Research would tell you that from the same subcontinent just a few states over from where Dava was supposed to be, is that state of Gujurat where Dava is medicine and not such an unknown word in that language. It irked me through out that book.
Why do we judge women to pursue careers, not everyone is cut out to be the cookie baking PTA mom. On the flip side as a society we also liberally judge women for choosing to not pursue careers and be content with a job or even being a Stay at home mom. No matter what, society and us as women judge other women. This book was a lot of vitriol and judgement directed at Dava.
I really do hope in 2044 we are past those bombshells and why should some of that information emerge only after news of her death. If the speculation regarding her extra marital affair had existed for decades, why would it overshadow her death notice, even above all her achievements and true self made billionaire status.
Obviously I was disappointed, not sure if that disappointment was for the book, my expectations of the book, or for us as a society.
I was hoping Dava Shastri was this cool and collected and just effortless like Rekha. But the Dava I met, was a flawed and frail Dava at the end of her life, very much on the defensive. I didnt dislike the Dava I met, she was fine, but through her kids, I saw a lot of judgement for Dava that came through that I didnt like.
I hated that while the book was set in 2044, she was still defending and justifying her choices. Her choice to deal with an unwanted pregnancy in college the way she saw fit, her choice to put career over family and to succeed. Her choice even to do philantropy to further her brand. Why is she being judged constantly for these choices?
I was also irritated that Dava was supposed to be a typo and such a unique word with no meaning. Research would tell you that from the same subcontinent just a few states over from where Dava was supposed to be, is that state of Gujurat where Dava is medicine and not such an unknown word in that language. It irked me through out that book.
Why do we judge women to pursue careers, not everyone is cut out to be the cookie baking PTA mom. On the flip side as a society we also liberally judge women for choosing to not pursue careers and be content with a job or even being a Stay at home mom. No matter what, society and us as women judge other women. This book was a lot of vitriol and judgement directed at Dava.
I really do hope in 2044 we are past those bombshells and why should some of that information emerge only after news of her death. If the speculation regarding her extra marital affair had existed for decades, why would it overshadow her death notice, even above all her achievements and true self made billionaire status.
Obviously I was disappointed, not sure if that disappointment was for the book, my expectations of the book, or for us as a society.